Lillian Gest: Journal, 1925

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dustry trail through Buffalo Prairie, then through small [corton?] woods, if thats what they are. Camp in fly place between stream + lake. All swim in lake + have best swim on trip. I actually get in + swim over the curse + feel fine. My spurs gotten in Jasper are great but I left them in Bell Tent the next morning. Wash in the evening + then

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go fishing. Catch two babies but they are as good as the other four. C.H. 1. Jim 3. Stand in mud + fish till I cant see a thing. Threw them back several times thinking they were two [sic: 'too'] small. Sleeping in Tenement, generally alone. Sun. 2. Cross stream near camp through bushes + ride up pass. Lunch above timber line near Shovel Pass. Cabins just past belong to Brewster. Pass is

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lovely + camp just below {strikethrough: illegible} timber line Lovely camp. clear stream beside us + good feed for the horses. Wash all afternoon [dash] we got in at 2 pm [dash] as everything was dirty. After dinner climbed up on shoulder above camp. Saw three goats + Maligne Lake. Jim split the pack train + sent Shorty + Frank with half the pack

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back the way we came to Maligne Lake. Auber is missing, having been last seen in canyon after we past Jasper. We are worried about him. He might have gone with Frank + Shorty or even with Mary + Busty to the Tonquin Valley. Charlie is leaving tomorrow to ride back to Jasper. He will look for him + go to Maligne Canyon Camp if he isnt in Jasper. Cocoa with marsh{hypenated word: 'marshmallows'} mallows which is

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most delicious. Marge + [Ellaine?] got them in Jasper + Jim packed them out. Mon 3. Most of us want to climb in the afternoon so an all day trip is taboo. Pancakes for breakfast + I ate four. A lazy morning doing chores + writing diary. Very misty + smoky + sun is a red disk. Gradually clearing up with wind. or maybe it is blowing up a storm.

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